Hear Mama Bear Roar

Sometimes life hands you lemons, right?  What are you to do?  Make lemonade? Sometimes I would rather just squeeze the lemon in my open wound, cringe in pain, but take the pain.  That's what I am doing: Taking the pain.  Taking what life has handed me and run with it.  I am rolling with the punches.  Playing the card I was dealt. 

Lately, one hand my life has been perfect.  I have my husband back safe and sound from his deployment.  We are spending awesome family time together, talking, playing games, playing outside, traveling, eating good meals, laughing and just enjoying being a family of four again.  Is it crazy that I am already looking forward to Joe's retirement years when he will be home with me?

Then on another hand, my heart has been dealing with being broken lately. During my latter school years I was always talked about, gossiped about, back-stabbed or made fun of and  (Not giving too many details).  I find myself somewhat in the same boat at this stage in my life.  The difference about then and now, well, everyday I had to see the idiots who felt the need to belittle me.  We were in the same class, the same hallways or lunch room. Now, I can choose who to be around.  Who to share my life with.  Who Joe and I choose to let into our daughters life.  I want to protect them and protect our family and the unity of our marriage. Protect the peacefulness of our marriage, the fun of our marriage. My husband is my husband and I will be there for him and with him every step of the way now and forever.  We are stronger than we have ever been before and for that I am thankful.  Being disappointed, hurt, angry is not how I want to live my life. I know who my Creator is and I know the way He created me was no accident.  He made me the way I am and for that I will not apologize.  I will stand firm.  We will stand firm.  We deserve to be surrounded by people who love, respect and accept us and show us that through their actions and their words.  If you are unable to do that, then we get to choose who we share our life with. 

I love my husband.  I love my daughters. They are the three most important people in my world.  They are my world.  I need to protect them. Whatever bridges we need to burn in the process we will do if that's what it takes to protect our family. Mama bear will guard her family with her life.  That's a guarantee. 



Enjoy your family~